Molly
We return to the mansion together not long after that.
Lily sits in the back seat talking the entire drive home as if nothing happened, her voice full of excitement while she explains everything she thought and planned along the way. I keep Snow in my arms the whole time, my fingers buried in her fur as I hold her closer than usual. I don’t think I realized how much I missed her until now. Every few seconds she nudges my arm and presses closer against me as if she is making sure I am really here.
Lily keeps smiling at me through the mirror, her face bright again in a way I haven’t in a long time.
When we step inside the house, Charles’s expression changes immediately. The relief fades from his face and something more serious takes its place.
He turns to Lily.
“What you did tod
